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oraison

oraison is the obsolete form of orison.

Meaning of orison

Noun

orison (plural orisons)

  1. A prayer.
    • The faire Ophelia! Nymph, in thy Orizons / Be all my ſinnes remembred.c. 1599–1602 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Hamlet, Prince of Denmarke”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac...
  2. Mystical contemplation or communion.
    • We shall see later that the absence of definite sensible images is positively insisted on by the mystical authorities in all religions as the sine qua non of a successful orison, or contemplation of the higher divine truths.1902, William James, “Lecture 3”, in The Varieties of Religious Experience: A Study in Human Nature […] , New York, N.Y.; London: Longmans, Green, and Co. […], →OCLC

Forms of oraison

pluraloraisons

Questions about oraison

What is oraison the obsolete form of?
Oraison is the obsolete form of orison.

Words near oraison in the dictionary

  1. Orahas
  2. Orahovica
  3. Oraibi
  4. Oraibi Wash
  5. Oraibian
  6. oraison
  7. oraisons
  8. Orakzai
  9. oral
  10. oral allergy syndrome
  11. oral argument

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